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Neo: The World Ends with You 2021
Neo: The World Ends with You is a 2021 action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and h.a.n.d. and published by Square Enix. It serves as a sequel to the 2007 video game The World Ends with You. The game released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in July 2021, with a Windows release following in September. This sequel features a new group of characters participating in the Reapers' Game within Shibuya, distinguishing itself from the original by utilizing three-dimensional graphics.
Ideas for a follow-up to The World Ends with You emerged in the years after its 2007 launch, though they did not materialize until much later. The returning team includes Tatsuya Kando as series director, Tetsuya Nomura as creative producer and character designer, Gen Kobayashi also as character designer, and Hiroyuki Itou, who was originally the game designer in the first title but now holds the role of director. Takeharu Ishimoto, who composed music for the original game, returned to create the soundtrack despite no longer being a full-time member of Square Enix.
Neo: The World Ends with You garnered favorable reviews from critics, although it did not achieve the sales targets set by the publisher.
Crew
- Director
- Hiroyuki Itou, Tatsuya Kando
- Programmer
- Manabu Mizoguchi
- Artist
- Tetsuya Nomura, Gen Kobayashi, Miki Yamashita
- Writer
- Akiko Ishibashi
- Producer
- Tetsuya Nomura, Tomohiko Hirano
- Music
- Takeharu Ishimoto
Details
- Developer
- h.a.n.d., Square Enix Creative Business Unit I
- Publisher
- Square Enix Creative Studio I
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows
- Modes
- Single-player
- Engine
- Unity
- Series
- The World Ends with You
